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Map of Iraq, including province names

"The Most Detailed Map of Auto Emissions in America By Nadja Popovich and Denise LuOct. 10, 2019"

This isn't strictly politics but its funny and give a interesting take on national sentiments and diplomacy.

i posted this link earlier...

Funny. Gets old fast.

Australia is on one of the fastest moving tectonic plates on the planet, and must therefore update its longitudinal and latitudinal positions on global maps periodically. In the last 50 years four such updates have happened, and another is in the works. The last one, in 1997, moved the country's position by about 650 feet, the upcoming one moves only about 5 feet. These changes may seem minute on the global scale, but will be very important to GPS systems, which will be crucial to industries of the future.

This is a funny representation of how Americans view Europe. I think that there are definitely parts of it that are fairly accurate. What parts do you think are accurate? What does it tell you about stereotypes?

Having been in Spanish class since elementary school and through those classes studying Spanish Culture I cannot tell you how many times people blend the spanish people (people from spain) and mexican people (people from mexico) as spanish. To my understanding they both speak spanish and are both hispanic but originate from vastly different cultures. It is ignorant of us to call all spanish speaking people Spaniards.

An interactive map of gun ownership and homicides by country

Time line maps of different points of entry and size of population on the move by year, 1999-2015

map of blasphemy laws, world, 2012

Interactive Map that shows abortion laws by country.

The rapid advance across Syria and Iraq by militant fighters from the Islamic State (IS) group in 2014 threw the region into chaos. The jihadist group, which has fighters from across the world, announced the establishment of a "caliphate" - an Islamic state - stretching from Aleppo in Syria to the province of Diyala in Iraq. This source illustrates the battles currently in Syria with detailed graphics. Additionally, it provides breakdowns of airstrikes and countries' military action within Syria. There is also a map that compares the location of oil and the location of IS controlled territory.

Maps clearly and simply illustrate the progress ISIS is making in Syria and Iraq over time, labeled as "ISIS sanctuaries". This way you can have a visual representation of ISIS's power because the land they control often is oil-rich, so with it come people and capital.

Follow up on the Syrian refugee crisis. I know we have sort of stopped talking about this in class because of individual projects but I think we should still stay in the loop. The Syrian conflict has been pushing citizens out of their homes since 2011, but the internal turmoil caused by shifting borders between different factions since March 2014 has been particularly tumultuous. The UN undersecretary estimated in August 2015 that 250,000 civilian deaths have been caused by the conflict. Today world leaders are meeting to discuss the power of Assad and it's going to be interesting to see the results/conclusion they draw.

Great image detailing the death in recent conflict between Israel and Syria. As tensions build, it is interesting the attempts at diplomacy between the two countries and how it affects their allies.

Donbas Region in SE, Luhansk, Donesk, Sevastopol, Black Sea

In recent months European nations have worked to block the main route taken by migrants fleeing war and upheaval. This article shows different countries' approaches to increasing border security. May be useful for research on individual countries for long block

Super helpful map of migrants meeting blockades and what happens next. Great find, Quinn!